Shantae: Risky Revolution is back in development - Spanky Joe's grand debut!

[analrapist]

In some less pleasant news: I didn't catch it in the announcement but the music is being composed by this fugloid:
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Could they really not get Jake Kaufman?

GBA sound hardware is abysmal. Wouldn't surprise me if Jake hard-passed, but I guess it wouldn't surprise me either if they ditched a white guy for some swarthoid affirmative-action hire like this too.

 

[The Penultimate Warrior]

I've also really enjoyed the Shantae games, sometimes I'm just in the mood for something light-hearted and fun. Plus they don't do that thing of thinking old school platformer meaning you have to die 20 times on every screen. Problem is I like physical media, but don't want to give money to LRG, so it's a bit of a tough spot.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

GBA sound hardware is abysmal.

It REALLY depends on who is using it to it's potential. You can wind up with either this masterpiece, or "Pokemon Gen3 Oopse All Horns".

 

[analrapist]

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It REALLY depends on who is using it to it's potential. You can wind up with either this masterpiece, or "Pokemon Gen3 Oopse All Horns".

Yes, providing 2 channels of 32kHz 8-bit samples provides some potential, but requires sacrificing CPU cycles to do so. You don't even get the 8 simultaneous channels the SNES does. A rhythm game, ported from Naomi hardware, where there's little CPU required beyond the audio stream is basically the best-case scenario for audio quality

Experienced audio developers mostly can't think like this any more, especially some mystery meat nobody almost two decades after the techniques required to do it well have fallen out of vogue.

Jake's one of the very, very few folks who has the experience and skill to make that platform sing.

 

[BananaSplit²]

Well, I always assumed she was popular for reasons like that.

 

[analrapist]

https://vgmdb.net/artist/14215 -- all right, so Maddie Lim isn't altogether a nobody, and she's liable to have support from the same general crew that publishes her material, so there's some reason for hope

 

[Girl Named Sandoz]

https://vgmdb.net/artist/14215 -- all right, so Maddie Lim isn't altogether a nobody, and she's liable to have support from the same general crew that publishes her material, so there's some reason for hope

that's a troon

 

[MooseGump]

that's a troon

It's a good thing they put him on a spotlight on another trailer so you can see that Liz Dong Gone Jones head and hear the most masculine voice out of the entire lot

 

[Coolio55]

Music is - as expected - pretty meh.

 

[RX-78]

When did people suddenly decide that Shantae games are trash all of a sudden? Is that just typical /v/irgin schizophrenia or did something happen?

 

[Gravemind]

It's a good thing they put him on a spotlight on another trailer so you can see that Liz Dong Gone Jones head and hear the most masculine voice out of the entire lot

Stop fucking reminding me this abomination exists, I want to forget about it.

When did people suddenly decide that Shantae games are trash all of a sudden? Is that just typical /v/irgin schizophrenia or did something happen?

Even on another forum entirely, you're here forever.

 

[Chin of Campbell]

When did people suddenly decide that Shantae games are trash all of a sudden? Is that just typical /v/irgin schizophrenia or did something happen?

I don't know shit about Shantae but it's a pretty common opinion outside of the fans themselves that people really only like the series because everyone wants to fuck the characters (which do have good/cute designs, fair 'nough)

 

[Dynamite Bean]

When did people suddenly decide that Shantae games are trash all of a sudden? Is that just typical /v/irgin schizophrenia or did something happen?

I mean as someone who enjoys the series the games are pretty alright at best except pirate's curse which is an amazing game to me
I do however, love everything else but I generally think a lot of people agree the games are serviceable and good but the designs are peak and the main appeal

 

[whatever I feel like]

What's wrong with Limited Run?

The rigged a single one of their releases so that one of their personal acquaintances could have the single rarest officially released console game of all time. Also, they sell games based on fomo instead of actual quality/desirability.

 

[Gravemind]

Here's a thread that should detail a lot of what's wrong with LRG.

 

[RX-78]

Even on another forum entirely, you're here forever.

More like autism (and terrible taste) spread faster than herpes. Rest in piss Mark, you were the jew of all time.

 

[Sugriva]

Overall I think the series is just okay. There's certainly worse games you could spend your time playing.

Except for Pirate's Curse. That one is genuinely really great.

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It REALLY depends on who is using it to it's potential. You can wind up with either this masterpiece, or "Pokemon Gen3 Oopse All Horns".

Mother 3 also deserves to be on the list of GBA soundchip masterpieces.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

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It REALLY depends on who is using it to it's potential. You can wind up with either this masterpiece, or "Pokemon Gen3 Oopse All Horns".

Pokemon was one of the worst offenders, but most other games known for good music still sounded great.

Spoiler

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

When did people suddenly decide that Shantae games are trash all of a sudden? Is that just typical /v/irgin schizophrenia or did something happen?

I don't know shit about Shantae but it's a pretty common opinion outside of the fans themselves that people really only like the series because everyone wants to fuck the characters (which do have good/cute designs, fair 'nough)

I mean as someone who enjoys the series the games are pretty alright at best except pirate's curse which is an amazing game to me
I do however, love everything else but I generally think a lot of people agree the games are serviceable and good but the designs are peak and the main appeal

Like you said, the games themselves are decent, but the main selling point has always been the art. And in this day and age, where it seems to be a coordinated effort to make all female protagonists either ugly, unlikeable cunts, or a troon, the Shantae series feels like a breath of fresh air.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

And in this day and age, where it seems to be a coordinated effort to make all female protagonists either ugly, unlikeable cunts, or a troon, the Shantae series feels like a breath of fresh air.

Imagine, a female design by western devs in 2023 that is appealing instead of a scowling masculine niggress. "WayForward" almost sounds like a promise these days.